Town Forest Recreation Plan Presentation DATE TOWN NAME

Town Forest Recreation Plan Presentation DATE TOWN NAME

Project Overview

Town Forest Steering Committee The Local Project Team That Made It All Happen • List of people

Project Purpose and Scope Empowering Communities to Move Forward with Confidence in their Town Forest Three Key Areas: 1. Developing a compelling and inspiring vision to help guide the future management of the town forest 2. Developing discrete, clear and actionoriented strategies for improvement of recreation and stewardship that achieves the vision 3. Fostering implementation with support and guidance on implementation

Public Visioning Workshop Steering Committee Visioning Community Survey Draft Vision Framework for Town Forest Environmental Considerations & Site Constraints Legend Community Input Consultant Analysis/ Deliverable Project Toolkit Develop Range of Strategies to Achieve Vision Project Schedule • Visioning Workshops: DATE Strategies Workshop: • • Review Draft Vision • Select & Prioritize Strategies Community Survey: DATE • Strategies Public Workshop: DATE • Plan Presentation Public Workshop: Today! • Final Plan: DATE Draft Action Plan You Are Here Plan Presentation Workshop Final Plan Document Construction & Design Standards Management Best Practices Implementation Coaching Funding & Support Resources

Project Progress Community Visioning & Draft Strategies • Forest Walk • Identifying areas of ecological and recreational importance in the forest • Steering Committee Meetings • • Analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats to the forest Review of concepts, documents, strategies • Public Visioning Workshop • DATE • ___ attendees • Questions about a vision, natural resources, activities, programs, and events in the forest • Visioning Survey • ___ responses • Available both online and hard copy (Update) • Same questions as the public workshop • Public Draft Strategies Workshop • • DATE ___ attendees Review vision framework and draft strategies Select and prioritize strategies This information was taken into account in developing natural resource guidelines, vision framework, and strategies for the forest

Action Plan Components Action Plans With Discrete, Clear and Implementable Strategies for Improvement of Recreation • Our Action Plan identifies: • Project description • Action responsibility • Timing (immediate, short, medium, long-term) • Partners involved • How actions relate to each other • Available support resources • Toolkit resources • Funding and grant opportunities • Magnitude of costs ($-$$-$$$$) Photo Courtesy of John Atkinson, Mad River Riders Everything we need to go after grants to implement these projects!

Recreation Planning Toolkit Additional resources and information to implement your plan and enable other towns to complete this process Resources we have received: Management Zones Toolkit Grant Writing Best Practices Sustainable Trail Standards Pause Places Toolkit Parking Volunteer Project Designs Considerations Toolkit Trail Counting Forms Vtrans Signage Program Model Process for New Trails Conservation Best Practices

Natural Resources Guidelines • Section about each natural community in the forest: vernal pools, floodplain forests, wetlands, deer wintering areas, etc. • For each, there’s background information, explanation of its importance, general management guidelines, regulatory issues, links to additional resources and guidelines, and a matrix of compatible activities.

Vision Framework

Existing Experiences What word or phrase best describes your EXISTING experience with our town forest? Paste in visioning word cloud

Future Experiences What word or phrase best describes your DESIRED FUTURE experience with our town forest? Paste in visioning word cloud

Management Balance Where should the management focus fall for the forests in your community? INSERT Management Balance Summary Paste in management balance board Workshop Participants Paste in management focus table Survey Respondents

Key Attributes Words or short phrases that communicate what the community believes are the ideal conditions for outdoor and forest-based recreation in the community • Paste List of Key Attributes developed during vision framework process

Strategies

Top Priority Strategies • List top 5 -7 priorities

Questions?

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